Readicide: a book discussion on VoiceThread, a 2.0 book tour

Bill Ferriter’s Tempered Radical Blog is currently hosting a discussion with author Kelly Gallagher about his new book, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It.

The author describes Readicide as: 

The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools.

Readicide is a provocative book that tackles tough truths–the big elephants in the room.  It is a wake-up call, describing how our current practice results in the growth of aliterates–people who choose not to read.  The book presents alarming statistics.  But it also suggests solid ideas for halting the decline of reading.  (Sadly, as Patty notes below, it completely ignores the power of the the librarian and the library program in promoting reading.)

People will be talking about this one.  

You may download a free PDF copy of Readicide.  You may also join fellow educators on the VoiceThread discussion.

Another interesting part of this story is publisher Stenhouse’s 2.0 marketing approach.  The VoiceThread is part of a five-stop, interactive blog book tour with the author which includes:

1/20 – A Year of Reading
1/22 – The Tempered Radical
1/23 – The Dream Teacher
1/26 – The Reading Zone
1/28 – The Book Whisperer

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